Evan's Party

We had his party on Easter Sunday with just family and our closest friends, the Daniels'. It was a short little event but just fine for a one-year-old. Evan got some clothes and toys but was not too interested in any of it! He will appreciate his gifts though when he has nice new clothes to wear this summer and new fun toys to play with. He was, however, very interested in the food. His first taste of cake was just how we thought it would be - a face-stuffing free for all!! We ended up giving him a second cupcake as well since the first one was gone so fast. It was a fun party for all the kids, I think, and they all ended up playing ring-around-the-rosie.

Evan's First Birthday!

Our little boy has turned 1! That first year always goes by the fastest but with Evan it seemed to really fly by. He started his day off with a present from Jamie and I - while still in his jammies - and he even wore a birthday hat for about 10 seconds! Since it was also Good Friday, I had the day off work and we spent most of it at my Mom's house. It was a beautiful sunny day so we got to enjoy it outside - even though there is the odd pile of snow still lurking in the shadows.

Gwen's Spring Concert

Gwen has been preparing for her concert for quite some time now, and was thrilled that they day finally arrived. I had to take a day off work but it was worth it! I brought Grace along with me while Laura watched Evan - and we did the same switch for Grace's concert the day before. Gwen's class sang, "Welcome, Welcome", "Love Grows", "I am slowly Going Crazy" (thought that was a strange one for them to sing!) and a few others. They had little hand actions that went with each song and Gwen was right on queue. At her last concert (at Christmas) she was stuck between two boys who were total goofballs and just making faces the whole time! Hilarious! This time pretty much the whole class was doing what they should be. Oh, how they've grown since Christmas!

April 11

Fun weekend for the kids! Euan's birthday was on Saturday and Jordyn's was on Sunday. Gwen had a blast at both parties and Evan was happy with just the balloons :) Gwen got her face painted at Jordyn's party and she chose the "princess". You can see the crown painted on her forehead. Evan walks all the time now and is getting to be quite the little handful. He discovered how to get in the bottom kitchen drawer, just like Gwen used to at that age. He also eats just about anything we give him. Spaghetti with meat sauce is a new favourite - mostly because he gets so messy I think! He has lots of teeth now (6 maybe? It's hard to tell - he doesn't like you feeling around in there.)

Gwen is getting ready for her Spring Concert at school on Friday. She has been singing the songs to me and I think it will be a good show. I will get some good shots to post on here that day!

April 7th

Bad start to the day for Evan! He was standing by the shelf in his room and fell over - but hit his face on the way down. Ahh, he's tough though! Does he look worried?!

April 6, 2011

First blog entry!! Kinda new at this blogging thing, hopefully I'll get better at this... I think this is a great way to keep the Grandparents up-to-date with Gwen and Ev! Gwen has returned to pre-school after her week off for spring break. I think she was glad to go back and see her friends again - and of course her teachers too. She has no idea this will all end in June! Evan is walking more and more every day. He is pretty proud of himself and makes sure anyone in the room is clapping him on :) He is still getting up very early these days, and Jamie's alarm does not help! We can usually sleep through the radio for a bit but yesterday morning we woke up to Evan standing on our bed dancing to "Firework" by Katy Perry! It was pretty hilarious - not a bad way to wake up. J and N are at our house today. N likes to open the gate for the girls coming down the stairs and hold their hands as they go down the last step. Such a gentleman! Taking the girls to school soon...